Introduction to soft matter and neutron scattering Auteur(s): Oberdisse J. Chapître d'ouvrage: Jdn 23 - French-Swedish Winterschool On Neutron Scattering: Applications To Soft Matter, vol. 188 p. (2018) Texte intégral en Openaccess : Ref HAL: hal-01921252_v1 DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201818801001 Exporter : BibTex | endNote Résumé: As an opening lecture to the French-Swedish neutron scattering school held in Uppsala (6th to 9th of December 2016), the basic concepts ofboth soft matter science and neutron scattering are introduced. Typical soft matter systems like self-assembled surfactants in water, microemulsions, (co-)polymers, and colloids are presented. It will be shown that widely different systems have a common underlying physics dominated by the thermal energy, with astonishing consequences on their statistical thermodynamics, and ultimately rheological properties – namely softness. In the second part, the fundamentals of neutron scattering techniques and in particular small-angle neutron scattering as a powerful method to characterize soft matter systems will be outlined. |